An American Family History

Solomon Brandstetter was born about 1790 in Heidelberg Township Northhampton County (now Lehigh County), Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Jacob Brandstetter and Maria Margaretha Bloß.

Soloman appeared in the 1812 Heidelberg, PennsylvaniaTax List

He married Maria (Mary) Kitchen. Mary was born about 1789 in Pennsylvania. Her parents were Wheeler Kitchen and Sarah Hixon. Wheeler and Sarah settled were from Amwell, New Jersey, but settled in Greenwood, Columbia County, Pennsyvania where Solomon and Mary also settled.

Their children were Katie Brunstetter, Lizzie Brunstetter, Polly Brunstetter, Charles Brunstetter (1813), Unnamed baby (1816), Jesse Brunstetter (March 8, 1818) and Catherine Brunstetter (1821).

In 1816 the records of an itinerant preacher show that he buried Solomon Brandstaedtler's child at Penntown on June 16th.

In 1820 Soloman Bronsteller was in Bloom Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. The household consisted of a man and a woman between 26 and 44, two boys under ten and two girls under ten.

In 1840 they (Brumsteller) were in Greenwood Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. The household consisted of a man between 40 and 49 and a woman between 50 and 59.

Soloman and Mary (Solomon Brumstetter) appeared in the 1850 census in Greenwood Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Soloman was 60 and a blacksmith and Mary was 61. A Mary E. Smith age 8 was also part of the household.

At the time of the 1860 census they were still living in Greenwood and Mary Elizabeth was still part of the household.

Solomon died on May 20, 1862 in Greenwood and is buried in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

Columbia County, Pennsylvania Biographies

The grandparents were Wheeler and Sarah (Hickson) Kitchen, the former a native of New Jersey. Wheeler and his wife had nine children: Daniel, Henry, Samuel, Joseph, Sarah, Mary, Jane, Rachel and Anna.